Machine eob cobkistg bottles



V /MW N. PETERS. PHOTO LJTMOGRAPHER LEWIS S. GHIOHESTER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO DAVID L. WINTRINGHAM, OF

` JERSEY. CITY, NET JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR CORKING BOTTLES.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 23,058, dated February 22, 1859.

T 0 LZ? whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS S. OHICHESTER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Oorking Bottles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eXact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specication, in which- Figure l, is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2, a front elevation of dit-to. Fig. 3, a transverse vertical section of ditto taken in the line w, m, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

This invention consists in the employment or use of toggles connected with a lever frame and driving bar, in connection with an adjustable bottle stand, the whole being arranged as hereinafter fully shown and described, whereby corks may be driven in bottles with great facility and very expeditiously, and one and the same machine rendered capable of being used for corking different sized bottles, and also for driving the corks a greater or less distance into the necks of the bottles as may be desired.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct and use my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents a bed or platform on which two uprights B, B, are placed, said uprights being connected at their upper ends by a traverse bar O, which has a series of metal tubes a, a', a, tted vertically in it at about its center. Three tubes are shown in Fig. 2, but more or less may be used as desired.

D, D, are two rods, which are fitted in suitable guides b, at the outer sides of the uprights B, B, one rod to each upright. The lower ends of these rods are attached to the lower ends of toggles EE, the upper ends of the toggles beine pivoted to the ends of the traverse bar as shown at O. The 4upper ends of the rods D, D, are attached to a bar F, which is directly over and in thesame plane with the bar C, and to the under side of the bar F, three cylindrical projections or plungers d, are Vattached, said plungers being of such diameter as to pass snugly but freely into the tubes a, a', a.

or stop e, is secured by a set screw f, and on each rod between these stops and the On each rod D, a button' upper guide b, a spiral spring E, is placed, said springs having a tendency to keep the bar F, elevated.

Gr, is a rectangular frame which encompasses the two uprights B, B, and has its side-pieces g, g, attached to the toggles E, E. On the front end piece of the frame G, a handle H, is formed, and curved pendants h, It, are also attached to the front end piece of the frame, the lower ends of said pendants being attached to the outer end of a lever l, the inner end of said lever being connected by a pin z', with a vertical bar J, the upper end of which is provided with a cross head j, which has an arm 7e, pivoted to each end of it. The upper ends of the arms 7c, 7c, are attached to plates Z, Z, which fit against the inner sides of the uprights B, B, and project around on their front and back sides.

K, is a bottle stand which is simply a shallow box placed between the uprights B, B, and having a pendant projection ctx, at each end, said projections fitting in vertical grooves 22X, in the inner sides of the uprights B, B, see Fig. 3. The bottle stand is connected at each side by cross bars m, m, with the plates Z, Z.

The operation is as follows: The bottle stand K, is adjusted at the proper height so that when at the lower point of its movement a bottle of the proper size, shown in red, can be placed on the stand with about an inch of play or space, more or less between the top of the bottle and the lower ends of the tubes a, a', a. space is requisite in order to compensate for the variation in the height of bottles purporting to be of the same capacity. The bottle to be corked is placed on the stand K, and underneath the tube a, a, .or a, that corresponds to the internal diameter of its neck. The cork n, shown in red, that is to be driven into the neck of the bottle is placed in the tube over the neck. The operator then grasps the handle H, and presses it down. This movement of the frame G, raises the bottle stand K, in consequence of its connection with the frame by means of the mechanism previously described. The upward movement of the bottle stand, forces the neck of the bottle over the tube a, a', or a, directly above it, and the operator then draws the frame G toward him. This movement of the frame straightens the This play or toggles E, and brings down the bar F, and the plunger CZ, passing down into the proper tube drives the cork through the tube and into the neck of the bottle. `When the toggles reach a perfectly vertical or straight position the bar F, reaches its lowest point and the cork will be driven into the bottle. 'Ihe operator however still draws the frame Gr, toward him so that the toggles will pass the rods D, D, and the bar F, be slightly elevated. The operator then suddenly raises the handle H, and the bar F, will be forced suddenly down and also the stand K, the plunger cZ, driving the cork free from the tube. This secondary movement of the bar F and bottle stand is essential as it effectually precludes the corks sticking in the tube, a contingency which might otherwise occur. The operator then allows the frame G', to recede from him, the springs E, performing this work, removes the corked bottle from the stand and places an uncorked one in its place, and repeats the operation described. In case the corks do not require to be driven their whole length into the necks of the bottles, gages or stops may be attached to the uprights B, B, or a scale a3 a?, may be marked thereon so that the operator can by regulating the movement of the frame Gr, at a proper point in its movement change or lower the position of the bottle stand K, and thereby eect the desired object.

I would remark that the cross bars m, m, and plates Z, Z, serve as a clamp and insure a firm support for the bottle stand so that it will be properly supported and cannot give way or be depressed as the corks are driven into the bottles, the bars and plates preventing nearly all the force of the plungers being transmitted to the frame G. I would also remark that the bottle stand may be adjusted higher or lower to suit different sized bottles as previously referred to, by attaching the lever I, higher or lower to the bar QI.

I do not claim broadly the employment or use of toggles for operating thebar, F, for they are a well known mechanical device and have been used for analogous purposes; but, having thus described my invention,

`What I do claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

l. The toggles E, E, frame Gr,- and bar F, provided with the plungers LZ, in connection with an an adjustable bottle stand K, and bar C, provided with the tubes a, a', a, for the purpose specified.

2. I further claim the particular manner of adjusting the bottle stand K, to wit, attaching the same to the frame G, by means of the lever I, bar J, arms 7c, 7c, cross bars m, and plates Z, substantially as vshown and described.

LEWIS S. CHICHESTER.

Witnesses:

WM. TUSCHE, J. IV. CooMBs. 

